8th Lancers

Note, not to be confused with 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry, which is a different regiment.

Chronology

• 1846 raised as the 17th Irregular Cavalry
• 1847 became the 18th Irregular Cavalry
• 1861 became the 8th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1900 became the 8th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
• 1901 became the 8th Bengal Lancers
• 1903 became the 8th Lancers
• 1904 became the 8th Cavalry
• 1922 amalgamated with the 5th Cavalry to form the 3rd Cavalry

Battle Honours

• Afghanistan 1878-80

External Links

• 8th Lancers Wikipedia
  
• 3rd Cavalry Wikipedia
• "Murder In Jhansi, 1915: Major Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale, 8th (Indian) Cavalry" by David Gibbons.
• YouTube videos from the National Army Museum
  • 3rd Cavalry tent pegging, 1939
  • 3rd Cavalry mechanisation at Ahmednagar, 1939
  • 3rd Cavalry mechanisation at Ahmednagar, 1939 - Pt 2